Dyslexia Support Group

Dyslexia refers to any reading difficulty not associated with obvious problems (such as bad eyesight). Dyslexias include the inability to name letters, to read words or sentences, or to recognize words directly even though they can be sounded out. Dyslexia is not limited to reversing the order of letters in reading or writing; it may, for instance, include unexpected...

Never about lost a job brecause of it. Been so ashamed that I keep screwing I have talked of quitting often the 15 years. Discovered something most day it is only me theat expects me to be perfect.
I have trained the brain to sometimes catch my mistakes. I found the key to this is not haveing tons of things going at once or being over tired

Trust me, I've been working on being &quot;creative&quot; with my disabilities for almost 30 years... play to my strengths, don't back down, give myself bonus points for doing well and don't make a big deal out of the bad times.

It just gets exhausting having to work so hard to appear normal on the outside... not that appearing normal is my goal, but in terms of accomplishing work and being productive and so on, it's important... and all the while, on the inside, I'm fighting for every centimeter of ground I cover.

I used to work as a mechanic,The nice thing was that my boss was also Dyslexic. so he understood but at school was hell. especially in math class and sci. I wanted to enjoy the classes but there were too many kids in the class and my Dyscalc. was holding me back .

I had really bad dyslexia and dyscalculia as a child, my dyslexia got better with age (still pretty bad) But my dyscalculia has always been a big problem when it came to life and work... I have a really hard time with it. Simple math equations and such... Yes, It has been an issue with me =(

Wow, this is the first time I've ever heard of dyscalculia. I just went and checked it out and man that answers a few questions. I'd have to say it has effected me and not just in work relaited situations but at home too. I didn't realise how much it effected me till the last couple of years.

Because of the dyslexia and dyscalculia I formed an anxiety disordor that went right back to when I was a child. I have found ways of dealing with it know, but it made finding and keeping a job very difficult. I work with children now teaching dance, gymnastics and sometimes sports. I have really enjoyed it.

Yes, I have found that having dyslexia and dyscalculia has affected my working life, but never lost a job because of it.. I always had to stuggle with spelling, reading and writing...
Also I did telephone work for a while and always had to have the person read the phone number back to me or I would get the number backwards..
I didn't know that I had this problem until about 6 months ago.. Just thought that I was stupid!!

I've been fired from a job as a shipper/reciever before because I've miscounted packages and their content, the paperwork was messey, my workspace wasn't tidy, I was constantly late etc. But the turning point was when I sent a package to Greece instead of Scotland...

It was a job that required me to pay atttention to detail and be handy with numbers...both of which I was not capable of.

Dyslexia and Dyscalculia are intertwined. For example the part of Dyslexia that causes directional difficulties (ie...N.S.E.W.) and transposing numbers is the Dyscalculia part of Dyslexia. Same source, same cause and effect. Some people have more problems in some areas than others. My husband can't spell or write a grammatically correct paragraph if his life depended on it (or even what a vowel is!). As you can probably see from my typing, that is not something that is so hard for me now (but was when I was young), but ask me what 7x9 is and I look like I'm 9 years old writing out on paper and counting on my fingers and toes! My husband is ok with math, numbers, and directional situations. Like many Dyslexics I try hard and therefore people on the outside don't see how hard it is for me to be &quot;normal&quot;. When I worked in pediatrics they would put me in many departments doing many jobs because I was so good, but what they didn't know was the anxiety I felt when they would put me in the billing department or in copay collections. Even though we used computers and calculators, I had to go extra slow and double and triple check my work because nothing with math comes natural to me and is always a big struggle and fight in my brain. Now my problem is with our 9 year old son. We can't give him what we don't have. We help him the best we can. I help him with his reading and writing and my husband helps with his math. But now it all seems to be getting to be beyond our abilities, considering, accademically speaking, our abilities are not that great. Try to stay positive, Hugs, lylajean

No one ever fired me for that. I've been fired for other things and laid off, so I know how hard that can be when you've done your best.

I use all the tools out there and took them up as soon as I found them. Dictionaries, spell checkers, calculators and computers. I use them as much as I can.

I have left/right problems. When I lived in a place where north/south east/west directions worked that is what I used. I actually gave people directions to get them to job interviews in one job and mine always were easy to understand and they worked. BECAUSE they HAD to be easy to understand or I wouldn't have understood them.

At work I found ways to put in failsafes. Lots of lists and checklists so I wouldn't forget. A notebook where I put EVERYTHING in it, by date, so I could find it again. I searched out every organizational tool out there and USED THEM.

In the end I was an Executive Secretary (once there were computers and spell checkers) and an Office Manager. I found the techniques that worked and they did work.

I do have dyscalculia, but it is not as sever as most but very much a problem, I had to have tutors all through high school and college. And I still only have a 9th grade level of math comprehension. What kills me is that I can't help my kids with their homework, it's way beyond me.

I lost my first job in a solicitors office because of this - and my second as a hotel receptionist - I was moved to waitressing because I couldnt balance the books every day - and then I got into trouble with waitressing as I couldnt add up the bills!! I had to pay out of my own pocket for any mistakes...!.........this was years and years ago now and certainly was the beginning of many jobs that I failed at. Fortunately, I had been given a good amount of confidence at school with friends, though not with schoolwork - and I have winged it ever since. I was diagnosed in my mid thirties with what was then called spatial dyslexia - I still struggle, but now it is with the puter and technical things - I ran my own business for a long while and work free lance, so I cant sack myself!! I always had confidence with friends I had and that has got me through, but I still struggle immensely. I do think, looking back, that I did certain things a certain way, my way, and this led to two rewarding work things that I still do - but it is a hard road indeed. I hope very much that this is given the attention in needs soon, as it effects a lot of life, in keeping things in order, sequencing, much more in the way of life skills rather than reading alone as with traditional dyslexia, which I am fine at. Good luck to you....huggs Cathrynn x

Many diseases involve the cerebellum and produce ataxia, which is characterized by in coordination of balance, gait, extremity and eye movements, and dysarthria. Cerebellar lesions do not always manifest with ataxic motor syndromes, however. The cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome (CCAS) includes impairments in executive, visual-spatial, and linguistic abilities, with affective disturbance ranging from emotional blunting and depression to dis-inhibition and psychotic features. The cognitive and psychiatric components of the CCAS, together with the ataxic motor disability of cerebellar disorders, are conceptualized within the dysmetria of thought hypothesis.

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